Stringing style 2 - Jean Campbell

Today's hottest jewelry trend is at your fingertips with Stringing Style 2, a collection of gorgeous beading designs to inspire you to fill your jewelry box with custom creations.
We've gathered proven designs for one-of-a-kind bracelets, necklaces, and earrings from Beadwork Presents Stringing in this stunning collection for any beader or jewelry maker. Simply glance through the mouth-watering photographs for all the inspiration you need: long delicate chains, chunky nugget strands, multistrand gemstone necklaces and bracelets, dramatic dangles and chandelier earrings of every variety.
Following in the footsteps of Stringing Style, with more than 35,000 copies sold - Stringing Style 2 begins with Stringing 101, a refresher course on beads, tools, and techniques, including how to crimp, wire wrap, and work with findings. Complete step-by-step instructions and clear photographs guide you through an array of projects by dozens of top bead jewelry designers that use a range of materials and unique combinations of materials. You'll also find 12 never-before-seen projects that enrich this handpicked group of favorites. Extensive resource lists are included so readers are able to track down even the most hard-to-find materials.
Use the foundations in Stringing Style 2 to whip up your own original jewelry creations and you'll be designing like the pros in no time! It's the ultimate inspiration for jewelry designers and beaders of all tastes, styles, and learning levels.

Jean Campbell is the editor of Beadwork Magazine, the author of 'Bead it with Beadwork', 'Beaded Cords, Chains, Straps & Fringe', and the co-author of 'Beaders Companion'. She holds degrees
from the University of Minnesota in Studio Arts and Santa Monica College of Design Arts, and Architecture in Furniture and Product Design.

June 07

Bead up a storm of unforgettable pieces with this lovely book.
If the complexities of peyote and right angle weave are beyond you, then no worries with this user-friendly collection of projects using larger and more eye-catching beads.
Just string them on, one by one and admire the view!

There is no gallery here, just lots of beautiful pieces made by a collection of people who will mainly be familiar to readers of Bead & Button.
Each piece comes with instructions, and not much of this is required due to the simplicity of bead stringing.
That is not to say that there is nothing to offer more advanced beaders, as surely there is plenty of scope for making changes and style is not measured by how complex the piece is.
I would hesitate to recommend it for complete beginners as it assumes some prior knowledge of beading, although pages devoted to different kinds of beads and findings, plus tools and even some knots are given at the front.
Several pages of just made up earrings and bracelets whet your appetite first, sans instructions but these are surely not necessary for any bead stringer worth their salt (ie not a beginner).
Most of the main pieces with instructions are necklaces, but there are a few bracelets in here as well.
All are lovely, none are advanced to make.

If you live outside the US many of the large and lovely focal beads will elude you but this book was published initially for the US market.
Fortunately, I found enough interesting beads to make up several projects for myself and thus this book is guaranteed a space on my keeper shelf.

Dec 07/Jan 08

The follow up to Stringing Style, this book includes basic wirework techniques and projects. It includes over 40 projects from Beadwork Magazine, along with 12 new ones. We espcially liked the pages that showed lots of bracelet and earring variations, giving you lots of ideas for playing around with designs. We felt this book had a lot more to offer than the first in the series and really liked a lot of the work it included.